MAGNA, we banned the major telco about five years ago. when we moved into our house, we had the phone connected. After a week we received our first bill for $635.00. We were being billed for calls made to Ethiopia among other places and when we said we wouldn't pay for calls we clearly hadn't made...they cut the service 'until we payed our bill'. We also got a lot of those annoying marketing calls from the centres in India. We got onto the 'Do Not Call Register' and they stopped. However in the last three days, we've had three calls from artsleT (
) asking if we would use their service. I disapprove of ANYBODY calling me unbidden to sell me crap I don't need when I should be playing with my kids or whatever wholesome stuff I do with my time. We're looking into the existence of an ombudsman or somebody who can make 'em stop because I can't help but be rude and nasty to the poor sod who makes the call but isn't actually responsible for their arrogant behaviour. When they ask me in their best 'marketing-ese'; 'What do we have to do to get your business?' I always say; 'Give me a free gold-plated phone that plays Foxy Lady as a ring tone and give me free service for mine, and my kids' lifetimes'. Funnily enough, they won't play ball.
I can't say anymore because I can feel bad language coming on.